A faint ray of sunlight, with the arrival of dawn, shines through the window sill in front of an exquisite desk.
An old woman with gray hair blew out the oil lamp in front of the table after finishing arranging the papers on the table.
Houllier held his head high and stretched, then slowly left the table, walked to the window sill and opened the window door.
The early morning sunshine and sober air hit his face, making Houllier's groggy mind and heavy heart feel better.
Yesterday, Hollier learned that the situation in the Great Empire was so unfavorable that she stayed up almost all night, thinking of ways to break the situation.
I finally fell asleep, but was awakened by the nightmare of the empire's collapse.
Holier had a nightmare. He dreamed that the armies of the Holy Union Army and the Oseland Alliance captured the royal capital of the Principality of Cheryl. She, Seluvinia, and all the soldiers of the empire were all prisoners of war.
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In the end, the armies of the Holy Alliance and the Oseland Alliance nailed them to the wooden planks and used them as shields to attack the city, and began to attack the imperial capital.
It is common in war to use the people of an enemy country as a shield to attack a city, so that the enemy soldiers stationed on the city walls are reluctant to shoot them.
The moment the guards stationed in the imperial capital made up their mind to release arrows, they saw that they were about to be killed by a hail of arrows...
Houllier woke up from his dream.
Looking at himself with sweaty palms, Houllier sighed helplessly, walked to the table, lit the oil lamp, and began to look through the battle plan agreed upon by his staff.
Yesterday, Houllier gave his staff a whole day to think of a way to resist the Holy Union Army and the Osailan Alliance, and then wrote a briefing and gave it to her to read.
Because the staff discussed very late last night, it was almost until early morning before they handed several briefings to her, so she planned to read them the next day. Unexpectedly, a nightmare woke her up...
Houllier was not sleepy at all, so he simply checked the briefings of his staff, and when he saw it, he saw the dawn.
Standing in front of the window sill, Houllier had a headache. It was not because he had not slept all night that he felt dizzy and headache, but because the briefings given by his staff were so pale and feeble.
Do the staff around Holier have any way to resist the Holy Union Army and the Osselan Alliance?
Yes! The staff were very cunning and gave her more than ten good ideas. Each of them looked very good, and they were all good plans and ways to fight against the enemy army!
For example, taking advantage of the geographical advantages of border villages to engage in mountain warfare! This can greatly slow down the enemy’s marching speed!
For example, ambushing the enemy's army's logistics team on a certain mountain pass! As long as the enemy's food and grass supply line is cut off, no matter how powerful the armies of the Holy Union Army and the Oseland Alliance are, they will have to retreat immediately!
However, after reading the briefing from his staff, Houllier only recognized one fact, that is, all strategies against the Holy Union Army and the Oseland Alliance need to be implemented with Fort Mayba as the strategic center!
In other words, Fort Mayba is the strategic location of the Principality of Cheryl, a battleground between us and the enemy!
Occupying Maiba Fort means that you can attack when you advance and defend when you retreat.
Occupying Fort Mayba is equivalent to holding the lifeline of the entire Principality of Cheryl!
For the Principality of Cheryl, Maiba Fort is equivalent to Jingzhou during the Three Kingdoms period. It is a battleground for military strategists!
To put it bluntly, the presence of Fort Mayba can ensure the safety of the Principality of Cheryl! If Fort Mayba is destroyed, the Principality of Cheryl will surely fall!
Only then did Hollier realize why the Alat banditry and the Lhasa Kingdom's army had tried their best to conquer Maiba Fort with lightning speed.
If he had known that the Holy Alliance Army and the Oseland Alliance were behind the invasion of the Cheryl Principality by the Kingdom of Lhasa, Holier would not give up the Maiba Castle even if he fought the Alat Bandit to the end.
Unfortunately, there is no regret medicine in this world, and it is too late to know all this.
Standing on the window sill and looking at the slowly rising sun, Hollier let out a long sigh. Now, they were at the end of their rope. They racked their brains and tried their best, but they couldn't reverse the predicament.
Unless God bless and send someone chosen by God to assist her and help them recapture Fort Maiba! Otherwise, the soldiers of the Alat Band and the Kingdom of Lhasa can do it without the help of the Holy Alliance Army and the Osailan Alliance.
The troops were divided into two groups, one to block the paradise, the other to attack the capital of Cheryl, and directly occupy the entire principality of Cheryl!
By then, the great empire will be in danger...
Houllier sincerely felt that even if half of his people were sacrificed, as long as Fort Mayba could be recaptured, there would still be hope for everything.
If Fort Maiba cannot be recaptured, even if everyone survives, they will be dead.
Unfortunately, Maiba Fort is easy to defend and difficult to attack. The soldiers of the Lhasa Kingdom only need to huddle inside the city. Even if they have an army of ten thousand people, they cannot conquer Maiba Fort in a short time.
Just when Houllier sighed again, feeling powerless about the pessimistic and even hopeless situation before her, she saw a figure running toward her residence in a panic.
"Officer Amanda, come here in a hurry. Do you have anything to say to me?" Hollier asked Amanda while standing in front of the window sill.
"Lord Houllier! There's something wrong with the paradise!"
"Have the men of the Alat Bandit appeared? Or is there news about the Holy Union Army and the Oseland Alliance?" Hollier thought that Amanda looked panicked because the Alat Bandit discovered the specific location of the paradise and began to invade the swamp forest.
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Houllier calculated the time and it was time for the Arat Bandits to arrive.
"No! Just now we found the unconscious Mr. Mailan in the woods at the gate of Paradise City!"
"Mai Lan is unconscious? Who did it?" Hollier was very surprised. Mai Lan is a warrior recognized by the empire after all. In this paradise, no one should be able to knock Mai Lan out quietly except her.
Unless that person attacked Mailan.
Houllier's guess was half right and half wrong. After all, Mo Nianxi did sneak attack Mai Lan, but Zhou Xingyun assured that even without a sneak attack, Mo Nianxi could quietly knock out Mai Lan.
"I don't know... Sir Mai Lan only remembers that someone escaped from the paradise last night, and then she fell unconscious."
"Escape from the paradise?" Hollier felt confused. Is there a traitor in the paradise? Are they from Caesar and Weno?
The first person Hollier suspected was not Zhou Xingyun and others, but the guards of the nobles. After all, among their guards, there might be dogs loyal to Caesar and Weinuo.
Admittedly, Houllier's suspicions were soon overturned...
"It's not good! It's not good! Lord Holier! They are gone! They are all gone!" A follower from Paradise ran over at full speed.
"Who is missing? Tell me quickly!" Houllier's heart tightened.
"Seluvinia...and the candidates for the imperial concubine...they are all gone!"
"Where is Your Excellency Zhou Xingyun! Have you seen them?"
When Houllier learned that Xiao Xiaosai and the other girls were missing, he immediately thought of Zhou Xingyun and others.
Only then did Houllier realize...
By the way! In addition to himself, Zhou Xingyun and his team can also knock out Mai Lan without anyone noticing!
"I don't know, I didn't see them." The attendant shook his head. Zhou Xingyun and others lived in a luxurious mansion of a nobleman. She would not run there if nothing happened, so she didn't know the movements of Zhou Xingyun and his party.
"Useless things!" Houllier scolded angrily, and immediately jumped out of the window and rushed towards the residence of Zhou Xingyun and others at full speed.
Nightmare! Hollier came to Zhou Xingyun's residence and looked at the empty bedroom, feeling desolate in her heart. She never expected that the situation in the paradise this morning seemed to be even more terrifying than last night's nightmare.
Zhou Xingyun and his party actually ran away with the little girl from the paradise. Oh my God, how did he encourage Xiao Xiaosai and his party to betray him?
"Have you found any of them?" Hollier asked Amanda angrily. She ordered Amanda and the guards to find Zhou Xingyun and others even if they searched the entire park.
"No..." Amanda shook her head regretfully, thinking that if Zhou Xingyun and others escaped from the paradise, they would not be able to find them even if they razed the paradise to the ground.
"You are such a bunch of losers! So many people escaped from the paradise, how come you didn't even notice it!" Houllier was so angry that he didn't know how to control his emotions.
Now that they are facing a powerful enemy, their situation is already very difficult. Houllier wanted to use the strength of Zhou Xingyun and others to give them a try, but in the end, they were deceived by the thieves.
Zhou Xingyun was actually a cunning and cunning human trafficker who abducted all the little girls in the paradise! Hollier instantly felt as if the sky was going to fall, and her life had become so desperate.
However, just when Hollier thought her strength was exhausted, a guard hurriedly came to her and Officer Amanda.
"Your Excellency Houllier, Lord Amanda! We found more than a hundred unconscious members of the Alat Bandits in the swamp forest outside the paradise!"
"Were they knocked unconscious by the miasma in the swampy forest?"
The swamp forest is filled with miasma. If members of the Alat Bandit enter the swamp forest to explore without making any preparations, it would not be surprising to be stunned or even poisoned by the miasma.
"No, they were knocked unconscious and then dumped at the intersection of the swamp forest."
After Hollier and Amanda discovered that Zhou Xingyun and his group were missing, they immediately dispatched guards to look for them. One group of guards searched in the park, and the other group of guards went out to investigate.
The guards who went out to investigate discovered the whereabouts of Zhou Xingyun and others in the swamp forest, so they followed their footsteps and searched outside, hoping to find them.
However, when the guards who went out to investigate came to the exit of the swamp forest, they found more than a hundred members of the Alat Bandit tied up under a tree on the roadside.
"Take me to see quickly!" After hearing the guard's report, Hollier asked her to take him to see the captured members of the Alat Band without saying a word. This may be related to the disappearance of Zhou Xingyun and others...
Hollier had received news yesterday that there was a small team of the Arat Bandits camping outside the swamp forest.